Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-11
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING. JULY II, 1887.

December until June. There are more
than 100 cities that will have a cold
storage in the near future and these
cities will use from 100 to 1000 tons of
fruit and if these cities use on an
June, that would amount to 40, 200, 900
pounds, equal to 1000 carloads of
fruit. There are six cities in Califor-
mia that will ultimately have cold
storage and that will take some of our
surplus fruit. 1t is only a question of
time till the cold storage will come
into general use. Then we will ap-
preciate having ripe fruit from Decem-
Der to June, the same as in July,
August and September.
California is sending apples to
Australia, China, Japan and other
places, also canned fruit to the East,
Great Britain and Europe, also to
other foreign countries. For some OF
our canned fruits, as well as dried, we
have the world for market. Only a
| few years ago Woodhead q Gay had a
few barrels of foreign grapes sent to
Los Angeles. These grapes were put
up in ground cork and were
sold at 30 to so cents per
pound in January and February.
Now we raise better grapes, and in
stead of sending to Europe for grapes
for winter use, we will supply that
demand in the United States as well
as other places. 1t is hard to say
what new processes there will be to
utilize our fruit. From June, 1884, to
June, 1885, there were about 500, ,000,-
600 paid for imported fruits that Cali
fornia can produce and will produce
in time. California canneries this
last year turned out about 100000
cans of goods, and, as have already
said 2500 carloads of fruit were sent
East. Is this not good showing :?
There were imported into the United
States in 1884 7 ,945, ,977 pounds of figs,
81, 100000 pounds of French prunes,
4,732 ,269 pounds of almonds, So, ,702,-
220 pounds of raisins; oranges and
lemons, 1926 carloads; preserved
fruits, 244 carloads; olive oil, PA
cars, and other fruits 636 carloads.
If we could produce this fruit it would
take two fruit trains each day in the
year, Sundays excepted, with AZ cars
| to each train, to take this amount
East. Now there is no question but
what California can produce these
fruits. Let me say, in conclusion,
that the fruit industry of California is
not even in its infancy. Within the
next ten or twenty years this industry
will assume proportions that will as
tonish the most sanguine. The or
chardist will be more than rewarded
and the railroad companies will be
taxed to their utmost capacity to con-
vev the vast quantities of fruit East.
People that are engaged in or expect
to embark in the fruit industry should
not expect such large returns. If hor-
ticulturists can make 800 per acre
net profits, they should be satisfied.
Let us contrast the profits of farmers
with fruit growers. If the farmer
raises 1000 pounds of wheat or barley
and secures y cents per pound, he is
doing well, and goes home with his
$50 90, and out of it he has $1,000 net
profit; but the fact is, the farmer does
not get that average at all, considering
the failures and partial failures he has.
If the orchardist has an orchard of 100
trees per acre, after they are years
old he may reasonably expect 200
pounds to the tree, which would make
20 900 pounds. At q cents Il pound
he would realize $3.50 an acre. This is
low estimate. The products of the
orchard are almost a sure crop, espe-
cially if the orchard is composed If
four or five kinds, say apples, pears,
plums, peaches and apricots.